Urophorus humeralis explained

Urophorus humeralis, known generally as the pineapple beetle or yellow-shouldered souring beetle, is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Africa, North America, Oceania, Southern Asia, Europe, and temperate Asia. The species is known to be a vector of Ceratocystis paradoxa in sugarcane in Hawaii, and the beetles are attracted to diseased sugarcane more than healthy sugarcane, with Ceratocystis paradoxa being more nutritious to U. humeralis larvae.^[1]

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.

Notes and References

1. Chang . V. C. S. . Jensen . Leslie . Transmission of the Pineapple Disease Organism of Sugarcane by Nitidulid Beetles in Hawaii12 . Journal of Economic Entomology . 1 April 1974 . 67 . 2 . 190–192 . 10.1093/jee/67.2.190 . 11 May 2022.